Traces the development of 293 iron firegrates and kitchen ranges from the sixteenth century on. Shows changes in fashion and different attempts to improve efficiency by the introduction to fire brick, dampers and flues for coal burning grates and kitchen ranges. Chapters include: Stove grates 1700 – 1860, grates after 1860, open ranges, closed ranges, portable ranges, further reading, and places to visit.

32 pages, 45 photos & illustrations. Paperback